Dumping-bed for wagons.



PATBNTED MAR. 21, 1905.

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DUMPING BED FOR WAGONS.

APPLIOATION FILED NOV 10, 1904 3 SHEETS-SHEET L lizvtntar PATENTEDMAR.21,1 905. D. s. EVERETT. DUMIPING BED FOR WAGONS.

APPLICATION rum) KW. 10, 1904.

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n. s. EVERETT. DUMPING BED FQR WAGOEES.

3 SHEETS-$3331 3.

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lUPLIGATION FILED NOV, 10, 1904.

. 'Ti z all whom it 'may concern:

UNITED STATES DANIEL s. EVERETT, or MAeEnoN, NEW ,YQ KQQY j nuclease-BEDoe .WAGQNS- SPECIFICATION forming art of Letters Patent 7s5,1eo',: datedmail 2i; ieo Application 'fi1cd Novqmber 10,1904. Eerie! No. 282,218. I

.Be it knownthat LDANIEL Sf'EvnnrirT, of Macedon, in the county of Wayneand State of New York, have invented a new and use tom-boards orfloor-sections. This. dun1p-' ful 1m rovement in DumpingB'edsforWagon's,': w ch improvemenit is fully setIfor'th in the followingspecification and shown in-the accompanying drawings. \I

My invention is an im rove'd portable dumping-bed or holding-b0 y forwagons, to be mounted upon the bolsters of the runningat for haulin andinstantly dumping or epositing the oad tlirough swinging oting bed 'or'bodyfis' designed more particularly to be used for excavating,road-making,

and similar work, and it is ada ted particu- 5 4 f r g i ggravelg sanmacadami and other dry earths and like substances. It made complete initself. and independent of the parts of the-running ear and soeonstructed as to be readily s ed from one running-gear to another, itbeing adapted to he used .with any ordinary farm-wagon or,

road-wagon .for heavy hauling.

Oneobject of this invention is to produce an improved portable dumi1ig-bed provided with swinging or hinged ottom-boards :orfloor-sections and to so construct the parts that the attendant drivingthe team may with hi's footandwithout leaving the seat instantly damp ordischarge the load and then while] driving away readjustthe bottom- Iboards or floor-sections in readiness for'an- Other objects andadvantages of thein other load.

Another object-of the inventionis to so construct the dumping-bed thatvthe space Within it for receiving the load shall be clear and whollyunoccupied by working parts ofsimilar view of parts, the section beingon the the bed or'other parts or bodies.

vide' means for more easily and readily factu-- sting and controllingthe swinging floor-see tions than has heretofore been employed and for"supporting them to better sustain the weight-of the load;

vention bebrought out and made to a pearin the following specificationand the in vention fully described,' and more particuaway, -Fig. 10'is'asidejelevation'of arts Patented e1, 1905, *5:

PATENT QF IC i i larly pointed out in the appended claims; refs a erencebeing had to the accompanying" drawings, which, with the inference chaacters marked thereon, form a art-of specifiea tiony T: Figure 1 is aplan of my improved dump-- lug-bed, parts being broken away. FigL2-is ;aside view seen as indicatedb'y arrow in Fi 1, Karts being shown in twop'ositions by an dotted lines. Fig.3isaverticallo 'tudinal section-ofparts at the-front end o the bed, taken as on the dotted line 1,] partsbeing shown in various positions by full I and by dotted lines, partsbeing broken away; Fig. 4 isa similar sectiononsaiddottedline 3 3,showing the part's unlockediiartsbeing broken away. Fi 5 is a plan-ofparts at 5 the 'front of the be parts being horizontally; sectioned onthe dotted'line, 5 inFigJSfaHdE other parts broken away. Fig. 6 is averti "7e cal longitudinal section of parts at tl1'e- 1'ea1' end offthebed, taken on the dottedlhefiih Fig. 1, parts being broken aWaFigflfisa... vertical transverse section o lowerparts-r ofv thedumping-bed, taken on -the-dotted -175 line 7 7 in Fig.- 1, parts being'brokenaway and other parts shown in various positions. by full and bydotted lines; Fig. 8 shows the'dumping-bed inverted, with the parts beneath appearin in planti Fig. 9 .is 'a-front--v ,8oside'elevation olower parts of the bed seem as Fig. 7 is seen; parts being inverticaltrans-s verse section over the truss-bar,further show- 1 ing therelation-of the parts,- partsfibrokenli controlling. the'truss-bar, thelat-ten an the-J adjacent part of a bottom boardor' sectionwbeingvertic'ally andlon ;'tudinially sectioned 'on the dotted line 1010in Fig; 7. Fig; -1' 1i:isa-

V 9 dottedline 11 11 in Fig. 7. :FlgQlZ'lS aplanfg of the lower side ofthei-pullslink iortthe' ratchet. Figs.3 to 7 and!) to 12 are drawn'tovarious scales larger than that of Figs, 1; 2, and'8. 1 HReferring-tothe draWings,A is the'holdin'g; box or body of thedumping-bed,- comprising, two similar vertical side-boards .B. nyfrem:and rear inclined endeboai'dsC Y11)," and else-J {1' riesof four equalbottom-boards'or iloorrseci as.

bolsters l I, Figs. 2, 6, and 8, made rigid with the sides B B, whichfalse bolsters, together with the side-boards and the end-boards O D,

constitute a rigid frame or single body of relatively immovable parts.-The front "endboardC divides the bodyAinto a mains artment or chamber Afor receiving the loa and a smaller front apartment A, having a floor Oand footboard a, both rigid with the sideboards BB.

K, Figs. 1 and 2., is a seat for the attendant driving the team attachedto the wagon, crossing the body A in the usual manner,said

seat comprising a pair of' longitudinal sticks or bars'a a, restingdirectly upon the upper 7 edges of the side-boards B B, respective andjoinedthereto by hinges I; b, as shown. By means of this manner ofemploying the seat it may be turned forward from over the main apartmentA out of the way, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2, while the wagon isbeing loaded. The false bolsters I I are disposed near to but clear ofthe ends of the floor-sections E F G H of the main apartment A" ofv thebody, as shown in Fig. 2,. said false bolsters being ada ted to restdirectly upon the true bolsters 0 the wagon, (represented by dottedlines 0 0,) said false bolsters being formed with shallow verticalrecesses 11 at their ends, Figs. 1, 2, and 12, to receive thewagon-stakes when the dumping-bed is placed upon a'wagon, as stated. Y I

L, Figs. 1, 2, 6, 7, and 8, is a horizontal longitudinal non-rotatoryshaft, referably a piece of gas pipe, with its en s resting in i "bearins in the alse bolsters I I,the manner of 1101 ing the shaft beingclearly shown in Fig. 6. This shaft is at the middle of the body A andlevel with the floor-sections, as appears in Fig. 7, and between themiddle sections FG, said sections being joined to the shaft by hinges e,Figs. 1, 7, and 8, ina manner to allow the sections to swing downward toinclined positions. (Shown, by dotted lines in Fig. 7.) The sidefloor-sections E H are similarly held to the respective side-boards B Bby hingesf, Figs. 1, 2, 7, and 8, so as to swing or turn downward, asindicated by dotted lmes in Fig. 7, so that when all the floorsectionsare down or in their pendent positions two wide longitudinal openingswillbe formed at the bottom of the apartment A of the body, out throughwhich the load of gravel or other material held in the body will bequickly discharged directly beneath the wagon and between the wheelsthereof.

The hinged floor-sectionsE F G H are operated and controlled by thefollowing means.

M, Figs. 2, 7, 8, and 9, is a stiff metallic bar or truss suspendedbeneath and transverseof the body A and at the middle of its length byside chains 9 g. (See also Fig. 1.) Normally EH ein .exten [in the bodyA will carry down to'the' positions shown by dotted lines, and so escapeto the ground. The truss 'the truss is held close under the 'body A, as

shown by full lines in Fig. 7 the floor-sections E F G H being eachprovided with a roller t, Figs. 9, 10, and -11, disposed beneath thefree edges of the several sections and resting u on and adapted torollalong the upper e ge of the truss. The various rollers t are he dbetween pendent han ers u u and v 'u,"secured to the under sides 0the-several floorsections at thesides of the truss, as appears in 7,-the ban ers u u on the outer sections ded below the'truss and providedwit cross-pins w w beneath to aid in supporting the truss should a chainbreak at anytime or keep it from by any means getting too far awayfromthe floor-sections. By these means'the truss when at its highestosition,

as shown in Fig. 7, serves to hold-t e floorsections in horizontalpositionsand aid them to support the weight of'the loadwithout sag:ging. If, however, the truss" be allowed to 'escend at any time,theweight of the loac the floor-sections movesbodily upward anddownward, all of itsrpositions being horizontal, and it is preventedfrom having sidewise motion by the confining-hangers u u, in). o -Whenthe truss is again raised, the floor sections willbe lifted by it totheir normal positions ofhorizontality, read r to a ain be loaded. Thetruss, it'will be'o serve ,is nota straight bar, but formed with fourcurves or bends 01:, upon which the rollers trespectively rest, asshown, when the floor-sections are down. These curves or bends in thetruss rod cause the rollers to more readily and easily move or startrolling when the truss "is lifted than if they rested upon horizontalparts of the truss. This is of great importancein practice, as theweight of the floor-sections is considerable, and the lines conceived,as drawn,- through the centersof the motions ofthe respective hinges andthe rollers t when the floor-sections are" down are necessarily nearlyvertical in order that wide outletopenings for the escape of the load beformed between the floor-sections.

The side chain'sg'g, supporting-the truss, .pass over idle ulleys h h,Figs. 1 2, and 8,-' held at the si es of the body A, extending thenceforward and around the respective rojecting ends of a horizontalwinding-shaft ll, having hearings in the side-boards B B, as shown. Theshaft N is rovided at'the'middle with atoothed whee or ratchetk,'rigidly fixed, Fi s. 1, 3, 4, 5, and 7, there being a U-shaped pawl tprojecting from bearings l on the end-board C in position to engage theteeth of the ratchet-and normally prevent it and the shaft from turningbackward.

m is afleverheld to turn in bearin s n, secured to. the floor O of theforwar ment A? of the body A, the lever being opapartposite thee'dge ofthe ratchet hand in position. to swing in directions toward and from theratchet The-lever is-provided with .a pun-linker pawl 10, (see Fi 12,)held in a earingo on the under side the lever in p0 sit-ion to engagewith the teeth of the ratchet,

by means of which, lever and f the linkthe ratchet and the shaft N maybe turned forward or in a manner to wind the side chains 9 g upon theshaft, and so draw the truss M' i work the lever to turn the ratchetforward and close the floor-sections; A pair of slender springs s s,secured to the sides of the link and to the end-board G, acts to holdthe link and the lever normally upward to the ositions shown by fulllines in Fig. 3 in rea iness tobe foot of the atten ant to the positionsshown by the lower dotted lines when it is wished to rupwar turn theshaft N forward.

.Means are also provided for the attendantto, with his foot, lift theawl i to release the ratchet when it is wishe to dump the load. The up)er end of ,the link 7) is turned slightly d, as shown in Fi s. 3 and 4,and a pair of spurs y y (see also ig. 12) are provided projectingdownward from the side portions of the link iii-position to engage the"awl, which is wider-than the link when-the ever is turned far upward,and so raise the pawl from the ratchet, as shown in Fig. L This iseffected by a backward movement of the foot against the part of thelever. When the lever thus pressed'backward, the upper horizontalportion of the link resting upon the sprocket glides obliqpely upwardalong the adjacent tooth to t e upper position, (shown by dotted linesin Fig. 3,) the spurs y touching the pawl, as shown. 7 A continuedupward pressing of the lever lifts the pawl,

as stated, releasing the ratchet and the side chains,'and so allowingthe truss to descend and the contents of the body A to be discharged.When the foot is removed from the lever, the weight of the partswill'cause them to descend to the positions shown in full lines in Fig.3, ready to be again operated b the foot to wind up the chains and closet e bottom boards or sections in readiness to receive another load.

'It will be observed that the main ment A for receiving the load is wolly empty or unoccupied and without contained parts of the operatingmechan sm, the means for operating the truss-bar and the floor-sectionsbeing mainly within the forward apartressed downward by the a art ment Aband whollywithout the main apartwhen thus constructed all is out oftheway for throwing in iload with shovelsi-ori,

otherwise. r a

' In constructing thisdumping-bed I employ slender angle irons-b,-Figs.l 1, 7 ,and' 9, to cover and protect the upper corners ofthefreemeting edges of the wooden floor-sections EF G H.

. Having the fioorsections arranged to open along longitudinal lines atsome distance away from the center line of the body and the twointermediate sections when down forming a cover for the reach. of thewagon serve to protect the reach and keep the gravel or other substanceof the outflowing load away and off therefrom. p

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, isY 1. A dumping-bed, the'same being a rigid body having side-boards, ahorizontal, longitudinal shaft at the bottom of the body and midwaybetween the sideboards, floors sections for the body connected by hingesto the side-boards and to the shaft and adapted .to swing thereon, atruss-bar disposed trans-.

versely beneath the -'floor-sections, rollers held by the floor-sectionsto traverse the truss-bar, bends in'the truss-bar to control therollers, and meansfor actuating the'trussbar.' v

2. Adumpin a holding-bodyliaving longitudinal-swinging floor-sections, atransversely-disposed trussbar beneath the floor-sections, a series ofhangers pending from the floor-sections at the sides of the truss-barcarrying rollers to traverse the truss-bar, and elements carried by saidhangers beneath the truss-bar, v

3. A dumping-bed for wagons, comprising a holding-body with floorconsisting of swinging sections, a truss-bar for controlling saidswinging sections, a transverseshaft on said holding-body,- chainsconnected with the shaft, a ratchet rigid on the shaft and a-pawl toengage the ratchet, a lever and a link car- -hed for wagons, comprisingIoo IIO

truss-bar and adapted to be wound upon said ried by the lever to turnthe ratchet and to lift the pawl.

4.- A dumping-bed for wagons, comprising a holding-body having a floorconsisting of swinging sections, an element beneath the floor-sectionsfor controlling them, a shaft carried by the holding-body, chains joinedto said controlling element for the floo'r-sections, a ratchet. rigid onthe shaft and a pawl to engage the ratchet, a leverand a link; spanningthe ratchet, carried by the lever to actuate'the ratchet, the link havinspurs at the sides of the ratchet to engage t e pawl.

'5, A dumping-bed for wagons, comprising a 'holding-body'having a. floorconsisting of swinging sections, an element beneath the I the pawl, thelatter being wider than the ad- 10 floor-sections for controlling them,a shaft jacent end of the link.

carried by the' holding-body, holding-chains In witness whereof I havehereunto set my joined to said controlling element for the hand, this4th day of November, 1901, in the floor-sections, a ratchet rigid on theshaft presence of two subscribing witnesses.

and-a U-shape awl to engage the ratchet, a v DANIEL S. EVERETT. leverand a lin on the lever to actuate the" Witnesses:

- ratchet with sides inclosing the latter, the MARY L. WINSTON,

side portions of the link having spurs to lift ENos B. WHITMoRE.

